Machine for making boxes.



im H. HOLLAND. MAGHINE FOB. MAKING B0 AP LIOATION FILED JUNE 17, 1907.

v Patente Apr.27,1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W. E. HOLLAND. I

mesma you u nous. APELIUATXQE FILI-IB .TUHH 17,' 1907.

Patentel Apr.

WI-LLIAM H. HOLLAND, OFSOUTH BEND,` INDIANA.

MACHINE non MAKING Boxes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented April 27, 190e.

Application le'd June 17,1907. Serial No. 379,451.` I

To all whom et lmay concern:

Be it known that 1', WiLLIAM H. HOLLANp,

a citizen of the United States, and a resi-v dent of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State oflndiana, haveinvented cert-am new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. y This invention relates to improvements in 'machines for making boxes and the inven tion consists in the matters hereinafter set orth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The improvements constituting my invention are shown as embodied in a machine for making metal bound `boxes of ,that class wherein the side, top and bottom walls are bound together by metal wires or strips that extend around and are attached to said walls tofconstitute means for reinforcing said ,walls` and which serve also as a hinge for the sw1ngv ing wall or cover of the box. My improved machine is well adapted for making boxes of this character, but may also be adapted and designed for making other kinds of.

boxes.

Among the objects of my invention is to provide an exceedingly simple and highly efficient machine for making boxes, the parts of which are so constructed and arranged that the 'box parts may be rapidly assembled and fastened together in a continuous opera-r tion of a single machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a machine of this character a suitable work holder about which the box is formed, combined with means for supporting the holder and turning the same to resent the' several sides of the holder and t e different parts of the box in position to receive the fastening devices by which the parts of the box are fastened together and by whichthe binding wires orstrips are attached when the box is a metal bound box.

l In the drawings Figurel is a side view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectionl thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is aninner side View vof one of the rails of the'machine on which "shown most clearly in Fig. 1.

cross-section, taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view ofthe work holder about which the box is formed; Fig.

7 is a ,transverse section of said holder showing a finished box thereon. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the endwall blanks with a portion of. the attaching cleats aps plied tothe margins thereof.

As shown in the drawings, t-he frame comprises two upright side pieces orl standards, 10, 10, and two horizontal parallel rails 11, 11 supported on said standards. Said rails are attached to the inner sides of the standards in any suitable manner and are formed with inwardly directed overhanging iianges upon which the holder is supported as willhereinafter more fully appear. lThe said standards extend above said rails to provide extensions 12, 12 which carry a suitable stapling mechanism by which are driven the staples which fasten the box members Atogether and fasten the binding wires to the box walls. Said stapling mechanism com '.prises a plurality of stapling heads 13, 13

whichare carried by a cross-barll, 14 extending between and having vertical slidin engagement with the extension 12, the sai cross-bar extending at its ends ythrough vertical slots 15, in the standard extensions as The said cross-bar is reciprocated vertically to present the stapling heads to and retract them fromthe work through the' medium of links 16', 16 loosely connected at their upper ends with the ends of said riveting head cross-I bar, outside of the standard extensions, and connected at their lower ends with-eccentric straps 17, 17 surrounding eccentrics 18, 18 fixed to a power shaft 19 extending between and having rotative bearing in the standards. -The stapling heads are adjustable toward and from each other through the medium of l:suitable adjusting blocks 20,l 20 adjustably mountedon a transverse bar 21 extending between the standard extensions above said rails 11 in a well-known manner, and the heads have vertically sliding engagement with said blocks. d

22, 22 designate reels which carry the coils of binding wires orstrips that are applied' to the side, top and bottom walls ofthe box. Said reels are mounted tendingbetween and 1 rearwardly directed a. upper ends of th'e stan stapling j' n'ieehanism per se' constitutes no vio .part of the' present invention and any snitable form of mechanism may be employed'.-

`3 0 designates, as a Whole, a Worlrholder upon 'which lthe box members are assembled and .which supports said members While they 'are fastened together andsvhile the binding vvvlre'ls fastened to the top, bottom vand side Walls. The said holder, as herein shown, is

made like theholderillustrated in my copending application for United States Letters Patent, ledon the 17th day of Jane 1907,'Serial Number;379,452.` vi :Before referring'further to the construction of the Work holder attention is calledv to the eneral construction of the box, shown more'e early in Figs. 7 and 8; The said box 'comprisesvsi e Walls A. A1, end Walls A3, a/

bttomwalli-A* anda swinging or top Wall- AJ5 hingedlt the side Wallilr1 by said binding wires orl strips. Said top, bottom and side walls are bound togetheriby said binding Wires or stripsfdesignated by B B1, Whieh'are attached to the side, top and bot-v tom walls' by 4f st'aples Z2. Certain of the staples constitute alsothe means for fastening together the lboxwalls. Thesaid side, top

"and bottoinwalls areattached to the end Walls lthrough the medium of 'cleats 'A6 which are provided with longitudinal 'grooves that fit over the margins of the vendv Walls. The cleats are first applied to the vside and bottom margins of said end-,Wall 'blanks and said blanks are thereafter in- ,vserted into the holder, after Whichthe side and bottom .Walls are attached. tosaid end Wall blanlrs and the binding Wires fastened place in the .manner described in my aforesaid application. The cleats ofthetep Wall Af are attached 'to the top wall in a .like manner but are'not attached .to the end walls, said cleats beingso arranged that the f grooves thereof ,fit over ythe upper'margins ofsa'id` 'end Walls when the top wall is in itsy closedpositiong l.Said vcleats are formed at `their ends .with mitered joints to provide an; interlocking` `connectionwhichy stiffen and lfgfve rmness tothe box. The twminalsof .y the binding Wires or'strips are extended be-v yond* the box Walls to form tying ends 1 of a llength to be'tWisted togetherwhen `thetop lWallfof the-box is closed, thereby, not l only holding tbe'top 'Wall in its closed 'position but valso effecting-a connectionbetween the ends ofthe bindingnvires or strips A'to constitute a eontinnous'metal binding thatl extends entirely` around the iboi lto lreinforce the same. Y i The box holder'eoinprises two end members 31,531 which are so'eonstructed and arranged as to receive and support the end Wall blanks andthe bottom and side cleats Whichl are applied' thereto before being fitted to said members of the holder, land also to guide the top, bottom and side Wall blanks and hold the manner hereinafter described.

them while being fastened inp'lace. 4The means for supporting the end wall blanks in the holder comprise end Wall blzinlr receiving grooves Whiehvare open at their sides and bottoms and closed at their tops. Said grooves are formed, as herein shown, between inner and outer plat-es 311, respectivelyftlie grooves being formed between said inner plates and raised portions on lthe 'inner faces of the outer plates,` the raised vportions beingof the same general dnnen- Vthairthe end Wall blanks so that the bottom and side of said end walls extend beyond. the lgroottes to receive the groovcd cleats as shown inlig. i.. The end facesor margins oi.' said inner plates 33 and of the raised portions of the outer plates constiftnte shoulders against which the inner faces of cleats are slipper-ted when the staples 'are driven through the same. The outer plates Se extend beyond the inner plates'in rthe 'planes of die enter plates and beyond the cleats which are iitted vto said-end wall blanks and constitute guide flanges which engage the end margins of the side, top and bottom Wall bla-nhs `when the latter are applied to said cleats to be fastened thereto, thus holding said side, top and bottom wall blanks from endwise movement at this time. The end Wall blanks are inserted. into the receiving grooves in the end members of the hol d ci' with vthe side and bottom cleats applied thereto, as shown in Fig, d, and the side walls are attached to said cleats and to the end Walls by staples driven therethrough in rihe slaples which fasten the top Wall to the cleats thereof are, however, not designed to penetratethe gipper margin of the end Walls but means are provided for' deilccting' the points of the stsples out ofthe planes of the grooves -of the top Wall cleats to permit said grooved cleats'to fit freely over the, upper margins of the'end Walls of the-ini'shed box. For this purpose', ribs 38 are formed on the flanges 37 of the inner plates of the end members in linew'ith and above the saidend will blank receiving' grooves, vover which" ribs' the groored top Wall cleats arelitted before the top Wall blank is attached thereto.' The said ribs are disposed obliqnely to the side and bottoni shoulders against which the side and bottom cleats are supported :is aforesaid, to

shown, inasmuch as said bar and must-be which the rivets that fix outside of the box. Vit-h the top wall slightly open, space is` provided'between the'upper margin. of the' front free margin of the-top wall'to receive said connecting bar. Said end members of the holder are further connected by tie-rods 40 extending between and rigidly attached to the inner plates of the end members. If the tie-rods l0 and the screws 36 be relied upon as a sufficiently rigid @connection ofthe end members, the defiecting ribs may be difiercntly disposed inasmuch as the connecting` means between the end members will be con tained entirely within the box when the latter is finished.. By reason of the fact that the top 'wall of the box is not to be attached to the end walls, the'arrangement shown, or an equivalent arrangement is desirable regardless of the manner of connecting the end members of the holder.

Then an intermediate binding wire or strip B1 is to be applied to the side, bottom and top walls of the box, the holder is provided with an anvil frame, indicated as a whole by 42, the outer top, bottom and side faces of which constitute anvils against the intermediate binding wire or strip to the box walls are clenched or upset. The said anvil faces of the intermediate frame are inline with the outer faces of the corresponding cleats of the end walls and the upper anvil face is obliquely inclined to correspond with the inclination of the ribs which support the j top wall` cleat-s.

`The' holder is 4.provided at its ends with supportingl lugs or pins 45 which extend endwise outwardly from'the outer plates of the end members thereof. Said supporting pins or lugs extend over and rest on the horizontal inwardly extending 4flanges of the side rails 11 of the machine, whereby ythe holder may be supportedat any given time on,one pair of said pins or lugs at each end of the holder. s The pms orA lugs are located at equal distances from theside and .end margins of the outer .plates of the end members. That is to s'ay, through the two pmsat one theouter a .line passing slde or endet parallel with the shoulders a the cleats are. supported'. there ing the cleatsL supported on said shoulders horizontaland at right'angles to the movement of thestaple driving heads when the holder presented to l the staple driving mechanism. The holder is turned or rotated so as to successively? `supported thereon `to the' staple "dri lof the holder horizontal. wall of thebox and thel and the bridge lstuds during said swinging movement are plate of each end member-is par# allel with the .margin'of saidouter plate and Y 42lainstv whichy maintain.

lugs to swing idapted .te

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sent its four sides with the 'box wall bl mechanisn'nand when 'in position to'sd re 70 sent one side thereof to the staple dri i mechanism vit is supported at each eiidbn the railslby two pairs of said 'pins' brings, as stated, kwith the upwardly 'facing'tside nbrder tacl71,5 complish this result, the supportingia'ils .Ill 'of the machine are provided in-front diii .rear of the staple driving mechanism openings through which the holderfsgppotfing pins -l pass et the time thelildi" turned. and said openings fare# n` m'lly closed by. suitablebridge pieces 'ar'ra-fnge'cl-ffito swing toward and away from the openings to permit said supporting'studs'or pins to pass through said openings', while constituting parts of the supporting surfaic'z'ofm the rails when in their closed 'posi lnous.` Vvlhen. the holder is to be turned it isa'dvanced to bring the two front-supporting lugs at the opposite sides of the holderyin line with the t'wo front openings inthe vrail,

pieces, which normally close said openings, are swung away from said openings to' permit said two front lngst'o pass therethrough, the holder at this time swinging downwardly about the rear pair of oppositely disposed lugs.

The turning movementof the holder to bring another side thereof upwardly ,to presentthe latter side to the stapling mechanism swings another pair of oppositely disposed -lugs upwardly into the plane of the supporting face of said rails, and said latter carrlcd upwardly 'through the normally 105 bridged rear openings of the rail to serveas the .rear studs for supporting the holderiin its new position. The said front `yand rear openings in said lsupporting rails 11 are, designated as V552 and, respectively, and they are normallyfclosed by front and rea-r bridge pieces 54, 55, respectively. Said front bridge pieces consist of ,plain bars which arehinged at their forward ends .to hinge pins 56 to swing downwardly awa 1715 from said front' openings. lSaidvbridge bars are beveled at their rear. ends to fit cor'- responolingly beveled surfaces of the rails, as shown inF ig. 5, to provide a smooth joint' between the parts. The -said bridge Apieces 120 54 take portion of the load of the forward .3

side ofthe holder just before the holderlis turned, and in order tolhold them in their l normal bridging positions they areloeked in place by means permitting ready release thereofso vas to permit the front. pair of.y

downwardly ',theret-hrough. The 'locking means herein shown for this purpose comprises- Avertically swinging lock Abars 58, 58 that are' pivoted at their lower-'130.

vendsA to -a pivot rod 59. extending between the side members or standards of the frame and in their normal position are located v with their upper ends beneath the bridge pieces to dprevent the latter from swin `ing -downwar ly. The said swinging lock ars 58 are swung rearwardly to release the saine from the-bridge pieces by means of a foot lever 60 pivdted between its ends to a shaft 10.

6l extendingbetween saidstandardsy 10.

"l vFixed tothe rear end of said foot lever is a ltransverse shaft 62 which loosely carries fat its outer ends links 63 that are .,pivotally connected at their upper ends withv said lock bars 58, as shown in Fig. 1. A. spring 54 normally holds the rear end of the foot lever inits lower position with the front end of the foot lever elevated, and said spring also acts through said links to hold the lock y'bars in their locking positions, as shown in fullv lines in F ig. l. Depression of the forward.

end of the foot lever raises 'the rear end thereof and acts through the links to swing the lock bars to their unlocking positions to permit the bridge piecesl to swing down-` wardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. ,1. Stop pins 65 engage the upper' ends of the vlock bars to limitl their rearward swing- --ing movement. 13:04

' The front bridge pieces 55 swing laterally and outwardly from the front openings 53' Ato permit the holder supporting` studs tc/ vertical members of the bridge pieces ho 45 'l rails to swing laterally outwardly by suitable hinges 68. Leaf springs 69 ixed to said rails and bearing at their ends aga-inst the.

said bridge pieces in their normally closed positions. ln Fig. 5 is illustrated in full -lines'the norn'iallyclosed posit-ions of :mid

'bridge pieces 55. The dotted lines in said Y- u figure illustrate the open positions of said bridge pieces, in which latter positions the supporting lugsv of the holder are free to "pass through' said rear openings 53 in the holder supporting rails. I a

The operation of the machine is as fol- ,lows: The end wall blanks to which the side yand bottomI cleats are first applied are ini serted into the Vend wall blank receiving grooves of the holder. Thereafter one of *the wall blanks to constitute the side, top

or 'bottom is applied to its corresponding' cleats A between the extensions of the outer `Iplates of-.the end members, the said wall blai'iks/being guided into place and held from endwise movement by said extensionsl of said plates. The holder is thereafter advanced to a suitable position beneath the stapling mechanism. It may be here ob: served that the binding wires oi` strips 5 are trained from the reels 22 aboutiguiding pulleys 50 supported in any suitable manner ont-he stapling-head and arranged to guide the saidy wires over the top face of .the wall toy be applied in close proximity thereto. Any suitable means ina r bel appliedfor initially holding the en s of the wires or strips`in position vfor the staples to` be driven astride the saine into and through thel box .'wall blanks beneath the wire after which said wires are held down over the box wall blank by their fast ends and the guiding shift-s 50. lAfter the first row of staples have been driven inthe manner described, the holder is moved forwardly a distance to bring the box in the next position and another row of staples are driven. This operation is repeated until the required number of rows of staples have been driven into the box wall blank. The work holder is thereafter advanced to bring the frontsupporting studs 45 over the forwai-dbridge pieces 54, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4. Thereafter the lock bars 5S are swung rearwardly throughthe action of the foot lever 60 to permit the forward bridge pieces to swing` downwardly and permit the forwardmo'st holder supporting studs to swing downwardly through said openings. .-it this time the holder swings `on the rear pair of studs which remain on the supporting surfaces of the rails. As the forward end of the holder thus swings downwardly. the rear end of the holder swings upwardly to bring another pair of studs on 'the sinipoiting rails, said latter pair of studs passing through the rear openings of the suppoiiug rails and swinging thcbridge pieces T upwardly as they do so. After said` latter pair of studs have been'i'aised above the supporting rails vl1, the bridge pieces are swung1 into their fiising positions by tie springs G9. There is now presenti-d aiusther side of the holder to the stapliniinechaiiisn'i. Another wall blank is applied to the. end wall cleats and the holder intermittently advanced beneath the stapling mechanism in the saine manner as'hefoi-e. The turning of the work holder in the manner stated'scrves to draw from thereels 2Q. the binding strips or wires which are held by the guide pulleys 50 in proper position over the next wall blank applied on the side of the holder newly presented to the stapling mechanism, so that the staples applied to fasten the lastV wall blank placed on the holder also fastens the binding wires oi' strips to said wall blank as befi-e. These operations are re )cated until allthe side, bottoni and top wall laiiks and the binding strips or wires are fastened in place. The work holder is advanced,

ing positi'enso as to preventthe holder' from sin' on the ralls Winch would reshortest and| longest after each Wall blank has been thus applied (s stated, beyond :its last stapling position .tofbiiing the foru'ardmost holder supporting lugs over the foru'ardmost bridge pieces liand' the rails are provided on their upper faces'mth notches 70,

y y r e g 70 (F ig. 8) which are engaged by 'the rearmost pair of holder supporting lugs ivhen the holder is in its lturno'ing" the swinging holder studs 0 r yvith the openings in the rails lichfthey pass. The openings in idea,

` ierefore are made of such length as defforr-holders of varying dimenan'fA the' dlistan'ces between the depressions T0 and the inner and outer ends of the bridge pleces, respectively, deline the-limits of the lengths respectlvely of any slde of.y a. holderthat'may be used .with a glven pair of supporting rails.

Supporting rails and the bridge-A proportions, itbeing evident that- After the firstbox has been formed about l Ythe holder the holder may be advanced on the supporting rails toward .the forward ends thereof and allowed to remain thereon until a second holder bearing end Wall blanks and cleats is placed on the rear ends of said rails, thus affording means .for hold.- ing the binding Wires orstrips properly in place with respect to thefirst side Wall blank of the box that is to b'e formed-on said second holder when the latter holder is. advanced to the tirst stapling position the stapling mechanism. After the iirst side Wall blank of lthe secon'd or succeeding box has been ixed in placethe binding wires are cut between' the tivo holders after which the first holder and the box thereon 'may be removed from the rails. The extensions of said binding Wires'or strips beyond the box walls constitute the tying endsbr1 of said Wires or strips. In this manner, after one box has been made, no special provisions need be provided for holding the free ends of the l'iinding' Wires or strips. In order toy remove the finished box from the holder the swinging top Wall is swung back past the plane ot' the side Wall to which it is hinged, after which it is free to be stripped oii" the holder. f

lt will be ol'iservedthat the work holder moves always in the same direction through the machine during the stapling operation,`

and that said holder is turned or rotated in the same'direction toward which it moves o r slides. T hisarrangem'ent of the parts serves to maintain a tension on the binding wires at all 'times and prevents slacking of the Wires when the holder is turned or rotated.

lt will .be understood that the machine described illustrates one embodiment of my V invention and that the details of the machine and the manner of operating the sevbeneath said staples.

eral parts thereof are instance, ifvthe bindingl Wires or strips be omitted the mechanism for applying the fastening devices. as the staples herein shown, may be varied to apply fastening devices oi other kinds. Moreover, the -holder arranged on the support to be turned or rotated vso as to`suecessively present the Wall blanks of the box upwardly may be adapted to a machine. in which the fastening devices are applied to' the box walls or parts by a hand operation.

l claim as my invention e v l. A machine for making metal bound boxes having side and tivo end walls, comprising a frame or" support, a rotative Work holder of angular :gross-section mounted on said. support, constructed to receive the box ends and provided with means for support ing the box sides, stapling mechanism for dri-ving staples 'through the box sides into the box ends, said holder being arranged to be turned or rotated to present its several sides to the stapling mechanism, and the holder and staplmg mechanism being rela tively movable longitudinally of the frame Aand means forgulding binding Wires bef' tween the box sidesand stapling mechanism in position to be fastened to thebox sides by Y .2. A; machine for makin metal bound boxes having side and ,two end walls, comprisinga frame or support, a rotative Work holder of angular cross-section mounted on said support, constructed to receive the box ends and provided with means for supporting the box sides, stapling 1nechanism-for driving staples through the box sides into the box ends, said holder being arranged to be turned or rotated to present its several 4sides tothe stapling mechanism, and means for guiding binding Wires between the box sides and stapling mechanism in position to be fastened to the box sides by said staples. the Work holder being arranged, by its movement, to maintain tension on the binding wires in' all vpositions of said holder. v

3, A machine for making metal bound boxes., comprising a horizontal support, a Work holder of angular cross-section mount-- ed on said support, provided with two end members constructed to receive box ends, and provided with means for supporting the box sides, said work holder sliding horizontally on the support in one directiononly and arranged to be turned or rotated 1n the direction toward which it slides to present its sever-'al sides upwardly, stapling mechanism above said Work holder for drivlng staples through the box sides into the box ends,

'and means for guiding binding wires be-4 tween the box sides and st apling mechanism imposition to be fastened to said box sides' by `said staples'.

susceptible to varia-f tions Within thespirit'of my invention. or

4. In a machine for making metal bound boXes, the combination with a frame or support, a stapling mechanism, and binding wire supporting and'guiding devices, of a Workholderarran'ged to receive and support the four sides'and tWo end walls of a box in assembled relation, said holder being capable of being turned or rotated to present its tour sides to the 'stapliiig mechanism, vand the ivireguiding devices serving to guide the binding Wire' to the box in, position to be applied to the box sides by the staples driven thereinto'by the stapling mechanism.

5. In a machine for making metal bound boXes, the combination with a frame or support, a stapling mechanism and binding wire supporting and guiding devices, of a Work holder arranged to receive and support th four sides and two end walls of a box in assembled relation, saidy holder being capable of being turned or rotated to present its four sides to the stapling mechanism, and so arranged to maintain by its movement the binding Wires under tension in all positions of the holder and the Wire guiding devices serving to guide the binding wire between the work and the stapling mechanism. ,6. A machine for making metal bound boxes having. two end 'and .four side walls, comprising a frame .or support, a work holder of angular cross-section mounted on said support and constructed to support the two boX ends and the four .box sides in assembled relation, Ya stapling mechanism for driving staples through .the Vbox sides inte the box ends,'saidfholder being arranged to be turned or rotated to present its several sides to the stapling mechanism, and means 4for guiding binding wires between the staplingmechanism and box sides in position` to be fastened to the boX sides by'said station to lbe fastened to the box sides by said staples, the work holder being arranged, by its movement, to maintain thebinding wires under tension in all positions of said holder. 8. In a machine for making metal boundboxes, the combination with a frame o`r support, a stapling mechanism and binding wire-f supporting and guiding devices, of a work holder mounted on said support, adapted for movement from front torear of the machine beneath the stapling nieclianisinfand means whereby said holder may be turned about. axes located near its corners to successivelyY present its several sides to the sta7 pling mechanism andthe wire guiding dcA vices serving to guide the binding wires'between the work and the stapling mechanism.

9. in a machine for making wire bound boxes` the combination with parallel sup-y porting rails. a stapling mechanism and boxes, the combination with parallel sup" porting 1ails', a stapling mechanism and wire holding and guiding devices,l of a work holder providcdnwitli means for receiving and holding box wall blanks and lugs extending` from said holder and adapted to be supported on said rails, said holder being adapted to be rotated or turned to present its sevrral sides to the stapling mechanism Vand the supporting rails being provided with openings through which the support 'inglugs pass y'when the holder is so turned.

ll. ln a machine'for making wire bound boxes, the combination with parallel snpiortino' rails, a sta )line` mechanism and' l e wirciholding` and guiding devices, ot awork holder provided with means for receivingl and holding box wall blanks and lugs extending troni said holder and adapted to be supported on said rails, said 'holder being adapted to be rotated or turned to present its several. sides to the stapling i'necliaiiisin and the supporting rails .being provided with openings through which the s'filiporting lugs pas when 'the holder is so turned, and bi'idgc'fpieces normally closing" said openings and adapted to be moved away therefrom to permit the lugs to Apass through the opei'iings.

l2. lira machine ttor making wiie bound boxes.y the A combination with supporting rails. a stapling mechanism and wire holdingr and guiding devices, ot :i work holder provided with means tor receiving and holding box wall blanks, lugs extending 'from .saidhelder and adapted to be supported. onv said rails, said holder being de- 'ned to be rotated or'turned to present its several sides to the stap'iing mechanism, the rails being provided iii .trout and. iii rear of the stapliiig mechanism. with openings through which the supporting lugs pass when the holder is so turned, bridge pieces normally closing said openings the forward... bridge pieces being arranged to swing' .l. l. t)

vwhen the "holders are so ranged to swing upwardly the forward bridge 'l pieces to permit them to swing downwardly. boxes, the combination .ing and guiding devices, of awork holder when the holder is so turned, bridge pieces normally closing 'said openings, the forwardl bridge pieces being arranged to swing downwardly away from their openings, and

mit them to swing downwardly, and spring pieces in their closed positions.

downwardly away from their openings and!4 the rear bridge pieces bei-ng arranged to swing upwardly away from'their openings.

In a. machine for making wire bound f boxes, the combination with supporting rails, a stapling mechanism and wire holding and guiding devices, of'a lwork holder I provided with means for receiving and 5 holding box wall blanks, lugs extending; from said `holder and adapted to be supi ported on said rails, said holder being designed to be rotated or turned to present its several sidesto the stapling mechanism, the railsbeing provided in -tront and in rear of the rstapling mech-anism withv openings through lwhich the supporting lugs pass turned, bridge pieces` normally closing said openings, the forward bridge pieces being4 arranged to 4swing downwardly away from their openings, and the rearbridge pieces being ar-.

away from their openings, and` means for positively lock-ing pieces `in their closed p ositions constructed to release said bridge 1 4. In a machine for making wire bound with-J supporting rails, a .stapling mechanismandwire hold- ,provided with means for receiving and holding box 'wall blanks, lugs extending from said holderand' adapted to vf be supported on said rails', said-holder being de signed to be rotated or turned to present its lseveral sides to the stapling mechanism, the rails being provided in front and in rear of" the v stapling mechanism with openings through which the supporting lugs pass the rear bridge pieces being arranged to swing upwardly away from their Iopenings, means for' positively locking the forward bridge pieces in their closed positions con, struc-ted to release said bridge pieces' toperdevices for normally holding the rear bridge .15. In a. machine for making metal bound boxes, `the combination witha suitable frame or support, a stapling mechanism and bending wire supporting and guiding devices, of a rotatable work holder about which the box is formed provided with means for supportving tliereon the. four side and-two end wall blanks of a box, said wire guiding devices being so arranged with respect to the sta` pling mechanism that said wires are attached to the walls -of thek box by the same staples which attach the side walls to the end walls of the box. y.

16. In a machine for making boxes. the

j and two @while being assembled and fastened tosaid holder being capable of being turned or rotated to present the four side work holder combination with a frame or supportand fastener inserting mechanism, of a Awork holder mounted on said support and means for receiving and supportingthe four side end box wall blanks on said holder gcther,

box wall blanks in position to receive fastening devices. t

17. In a 'machine for making boxes,"the

,combination with a `frame lor support andl fastener inserting mechanism, of a hori-` mounted on said 'support and means for receiving and supportzontal. work holder ing the four side and two end -box wall blanks on said holder while being assembled and fastened together, said holder being capable of being turned or rotated to present the four sidebox wall blanks upwardly.

18. In a machine for making boxes, the

combination with parallel supporting rails sol and fastener inserting mechanism, of a workv 'holder provided with means for receiving and supporting thereon box wall blanks, a plurality of lugs/extending from the ends of the holder by which the holder is supported from said rails, and means whereby the holder maybe turned or rotatedv to present the several wallblanks thereon in position to receive wall'fastening devices.

19. In au machine for making boxes, the combination with parallel supporting rails and fastener inserting mechanism, of a provided with means for receiving and supporting thereon box wall blanks and with lugs by which the holder is supported from the rails,l said holder beingadapted to be rotated or turned to successively present its several sides upwardly, and. the rails being provided with normally bridged'openings through which the supporting lugs pass turned. l

20. A machine for making boxes comprising parallel supporting rails, binding wire supporting and guiding devices, a stapling mechanism and a portable rotative work holder slidable on said rails beneath said stapling mechanism, said rails being free or unobstructed at the end of the machine, whereby the,l work holder ymay be slid oli' the rails and removed from the machine, and the wire to-guide the binding wires between the work holder and stapling mechanism.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I`afx my signature in the presence of two witnesses, .this 12th day of June A. D. 1907.

. WILLIAM H. HOLLAND.

ll'itnesse's:

, RALPH H. Kuss,

J. E. McENDA-RFER.

when the holder is so guiding devices serving' 

